Fusili pasta with Red peppers and Boiled Eggs.

Its been ages since we had Toddler/ Kid friendly recipes posted here. Apologies! 
I have been too busy making and posting all my favourite grown up recipes, that there is a backlog of kid friendly recipes sitting in my Draft folders waiting to to see the light of day 🙂

Cooking the pasta in the cooker is not only quicker, allows the pasta to be cooked softer and most importantly saves up on washing up ;). 

Would love to know what your lil ones have to say about it 🙂

To make Fusili pasta with Red peppers and Boiled eggs.
Serves 3-4 children | Preparation time: 10 minutes | Cooking time: 30 minutes.
Ingredients:
Fusilli pasta: 2 cups
Pepper (red or orange, not green): 1 whole, remove core and seeds and dice into small pieces
Garlic: 3- 4 flakes finely chopped
Oil: 1 tbsp
Tomatoes: 1 whole chopped finely
Onion: 1/2 chopped finely
Fresh or Dried thyme: 1/4 tsp chopped
Fresh or dry Basil: 5 leaves finely chopped
Salt to taste
Water to cover by 1 inch over pasta
Single cream: 2 tbsps (optional)
Grated Cheddar Cheese: 2 tbsp
Boiled eggs: 2 hardboiled and finely diced. 

Method:
1. Place eggs in a large pot of room temp water, enough to cover the eggs. Add a dash of salt and a tsp of vinegar to the water. Turn heat to high. When water comes to a boil, cook for further 10 minutes. Once the eggs are done. Turn flame off. Carefully drain out hot water and replace with cold water.After 5 minutes peel shells and dice the eggs. Keep aside.

3. Add the chopped thyme, chopped basil, stir, add the uncooked pasta and mix well. Add hot water to cover pasta well above 1 inch, mix. Taste for salt, add as required. Close cooker, cook for 1 whistle on high heat. Turn heat to simmer and cook for further 6-7 minutes. Turn off the pressure cooker heat and allow pressure to drop. Once the pressure has dropped, open the cooker add a dash of cream, grated cheddar, the chopped boiled eggs and mix well. You could serve the pasta straightaway. I prefer to allow the pasta to rest a few more minutes to plump up a bit and absorb all the flavours. Close the pressure cooker lid place the weight on and allow the pasta to rest (with no flame) for a further 10 mins, while you go about doing other things. Once 10 mins is up, open the cooker, stir well. Serve warm.


Thats all for now friends. I hope your kids do enjoy. Shall leave you with a few more loved Kids recipes !
Oven baked tomato chicken (12months +)
Orange Chicken (12months +)
Tomato and Herb Scrambled Eggs (12months+)
Simple Baked Chicken pie (12months+)
Creamy Chicken Pie with Peppers (12 months+)

Carol Pereira